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Perpendicular magnetic recording system with medium having thin soft underlayer and recording head having thick-throat trailing shield

a perpendicular magnetic recording and data storage technology, applied in the field of perpendicular magnetic recording data storage systems, can solve the problems of high write field required to reverse the magnetization in the rl, difficult and costly to manufacture large numbers of these types of perpendicular magnetic recording hdds, and requires additional materials. , to achieve the effect of narrowing the magnetic transition, high write field gradient, and low magnetic permeability

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-05-12
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
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[0007]The perpendicular magnetic recording data storage system of this invention combines a perpendicular medium that has a thin low-magnetic-permeability SUL with a recording head that has a TS with a thick throat height, i.e., a thickness in a direction orthogonal to the recording layer. The SUL is thin enough and has a low enough magnetic permeability to become saturated in a region beneath the trailing gap of the head during writing, but the throat height of the TS is thick enough to prevent the TS from becoming magnetically saturated during writing. The TS may be magnetically connected to the yoke or the RP, or it may be “floating”, i.e., not magnetically connected to either the yoke or the RP. The SUL has a magnetic permeability less than about 25 and a thickness less than about 50 nm. The TS has a magnetic permeability greater than about 100 and a throat height greater than about 40 nm. During writing, a small region at the top of the SUL beneath the trailing gap becomes magnetically saturated, which changes the magnetic reluctance such that more of the magnetic flux going through the SUL changes direction (“field undershoot”) and goes to the TS. If the permeability of the SUL is so low (e.g., close to unity) that the SUL does not magnetically saturate, field undershoot will still occur because the reluctance from the SUL to the TS is still smaller than the reluctance from the SUL to the RP. Field undershoot enables a high write field gradient, which results in narrower magnetic transitions. Narrower magnetic transitions reduce the media “jitter” noise, enabling a higher linear data recording density.

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This nearly parallel alignment of the write field with the RL easy axis has the disadvantage that relatively high write fields are necessary to reverse the magnetization in the RL.
It can be difficult and costly to manufacture large numbers of these types of perpendicular magnetic recording HDDs.
The disk requires a relatively thick SUL to avoid magnetic saturation, which requires additional material and increases the manufacturing time and cost.
This will require a recording head with a relatively thin TS with tight tolerances to increase the write field, which makes high-yield manufacturing difficult.

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[0017]FIG. 1A illustrates a hard disk drive (HDD) implementation of a perpendicular magnetic recording data storage system according to the prior art. A “dual-layer” recording disk 1 includes a perpendicular magnetic data recording layer (RL) over a “soft” or relatively low-coercivity magnetically permeable underlayer (SUL). The disk 1 also includes the hard disk substrate, a seed or onset layer (OL) for growth of the SUL, an exchange break layer (EBL) to break the magnetic exchange coupling between the magnetically permeable films of the SUL and the RL and to facilitate epitaxial growth of the RL, and a protective overcoat (OC).

[0018]The hard disk substrate may be any commercially available glass substrate, but may also be a conventional aluminum alloy with a NiP surface coating, or an alternative substrate, such as silicon, canasite or silicon-carbide. The adhesion layer or OL for the growth of the SUL may be an AlTi alloy or a similar material with a typical thickness of about 2-...

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A perpendicular magnetic recording data storage system combines a perpendicular medium that has a thin low-magnetic-permeability or “soft” underlayer (SUL) with a recording head that has a trailing shield (TS) with a thick throat height, i.e., a thickness in a direction orthogonal to the recording layer of the medium. The SUL is thin enough and has a low enough magnetic permeability to become saturated in a region beneath the trailing gap of the head during writing, but the throat height of the TS is thick enough to prevent the TS from becoming magnetically saturated during writing. The magnetic saturation of the SUL during writing changes the magnetic reluctance such that more of the magnetic flux going through the SUL changes direction (“field undershoot”) and goes to the TS. If the permeability of the SUL is so low (e.g., close to unity) that the SUL does not magnetically saturate, field undershoot may still occur because the reluctance from the SUL to the TS is still smaller than the reluctance from the SUL to the return pole (RP). Field undershoot enables a high write field gradient, which results in narrower magnetic transitions.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]This invention relates generally to perpendicular magnetic recording data storage systems, and more particularly to a system that uses a medium with a recording layer formed over a “soft” or relatively low-coercivity magnetically permeable underlayer, and a recording head with a single write pole and a trailing shield.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Perpendicular magnetic recording, wherein the recorded bits are stored in a perpendicular or out-of-plane orientation in the recording layer, is a promising path toward ultra-high recording densities in data storage systems, such as hard disk drives (HDDs). One type of system uses a recording head with a single write pole (WP) and a “dual-layer” recording disk with the perpendicular magnetic data recording layer (RL) formed over a “soft” or relatively low-coercivity magnetically permeable underlayer (SUL). The SUL serves as a return path for magnetic flux from t...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G11B5/127G11B5/23
CPCG11B5/1278G11B5/3116G11B5/3146G11B5/667G11B5/11
Inventor IKEDA, YOSHIHIROLENGSFIELD, III, BYRON HASSBERGOLSON, JAMES TERRENCEVANDERHEIJDEN, PETRUS ANTONIUS
Owner WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
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